Driver Cleaner

August 14th, 2008 | by admin |

Old drivers don’t get uninstalled with the devices

When you upgrade your system with a new graphics, audio or network device and a driver, the old one is normally uninstalled. But the drivers and the registry settings of the old device drivers are still present on your system. They can cause installation and application problems for the new device that are been installed on your system.

Programmes that clear out the drivers of uninstalled devices

There are programmes known as driver cleaner that are available for download that help to clear away the old drivers and the registry setting for the uninstalled devices. It’s fairly simple to do. Remove the entire settings for the old card while it’s still installed. You can choose a generic name such as NVIDIA or ATI. This will remove all the settings from the card (in case you don’t know the specific card or driver). Now uninstall the card. Now install the new card and reboot the system. If the user hasn’t uninstalled the old card and added a new card from the same manufacturer and have used the driver cleaner software, they might run into some trouble.

This software can also fix driver problems

The driver cleaner software fixes most of the driver problems. With the software installed, most users find that the speed of the computer has vastly increased. Now there is no need to suffer from the corrupt graphics that plague your system. Many of the drivers cleaner will even look for the new updated versions of the driver ad install them too.

Work with most drivers and many operating system platforms

This software works with most Windows versions. There are many of the driver cleaner software that also works with LINUX/UNIX and Macintosh systems. Some of these software may be paid while others are fee to download from the website. Most websites accept credit cards and Paypal. The software are reasonable priced at under $10. Most of the driver cleaner software programs work with ATI, NVIDIA, Realtek, SIS, S3 and many more drivers.

The driver cleaner software can also display the current version of the drier that is installed on your system. In this way, you don’t need to open the computer or search in the computer for the version of the driver that had been installed. The driver cleaner programs that come with live update versions will also look for the newer versions of the drivers. This is an advantage for the users since they get new filters and updates to the program files without uninstalling and installing the programs.

Do a Google search to know the latest driver cleaner software that is available for download. Both paid and free software are available.

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